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A laugh built in my throat—a vicious one that I knew would cause more trouble than it was worth if I released it. So I held it in and gave them my darkest smile—a smile that showed exactly who they dealt with and what I thought of them. I was entirely Dess with this smile, not the sweet Rachel they’d believed me to be.
“Let me make myself clear,” I said, quietly but firmly. “I don’t want to kill you any more than I wanted to the others. But you need to understand one thing. I will put a total end to what’s left of your family and your legacy if you try to hurt me or any more children ever again. This is your second chance. Keep your hands clean, or you’ll be the ones I’m bringing to justice next.”
I didn’t give them a chance to respond, just spun around and stalked away. My job was done, and I wouldn’t be back unless they gave me no choice.
As I headed down the street, a reporter leapt out of a van that’d just pulled up to the curb. “Rachel Malik,” she said breathlessly, waving a microphone in my face as her cameraman fumbled with his equipment. “Do you have a moment to speak? What are your thoughts on the recent discoveries about your father and the rest of your birth family?”
Oh, I had some thoughts. I swallowed most of them down as I met her eyes, but I couldn’t force myself to stay totally silent.
“What the Maliks have done is horrifying. That man will never be my father.”
I strode away at a quicker pace, ignoring the reporter’s shout after me. I’d said all I needed to.
The crew was the only real family I’d ever had, and I was okay with that. But I needed to get us out of this mess before the Blood Hunter destroyed them too.
